Floor Protection Assembly

ABSTRACT

A floor protection assembly for protecting a floor in the bathroom from urine includes a mat that may be positioned on a floor thereby facilitating the mat to be aligned with a urinal. In this way the mat absorbs urine spilled from users of the urinal. The mat has deodorizing properties to reduce odors from the urine. An adhesive layer is coupled to the mat to adhesively engage the floor thereby retaining the mat in a selected position on the floor.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to protection devices and more particularly pertains to a new protection device for protecting a floor and a bathroom from urine.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mat that may be positioned on a floor thereby facilitating the mat to be aligned with a urinal. In this way the mat absorbs urine spilled from users of the urinal. The mat has deodorizing properties to reduce odors from the urine. An adhesive layer is coupled to the mat to adhesively engage the floor thereby retaining the mat in a selected position on the floor.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a floor protection assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3 of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new protection device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the floor protection assembly 10 generally comprises a mat 12 that may be positioned on a floor 14 thereby facilitating the mat 12 to be aligned with a urinal 16. The mat 12 is comprised of a fluid absorbent material to absorb urine spilled from users of the urinal 16. The urinal 16 may be a urinal 16 in a bathroom located in a commercial environment, such as a restaurant or the like. The mat 12 has deodorizing properties to reduce odors associated with the urine. The mat 12 has a first surface 18, a second surface 20 and a peripheral edge 22 extending therebetween. The second surface 20 abuts the floor 14 when the mat 12 is positioned on the floor 14. Moreover, the peripheral edge 22 slopes downwardly between the first surface 18 and the second surface 20 thereby reducing a tripping hazard associated with the peripheral edge 22.

An adhesive layer 24 is provided and the adhesive layer 24 is coupled to the mat 12. The adhesive layer 24 adhesively engages the floor 14 thereby retaining the mat 12 in a selected position on the floor 14. The adhesive layer 24 is positioned on the second surface 20 of the mat 12 and the adhesive layer 24 completely covers the second surface 20. The adhesive layer 24 may be comprised of a single use, non-residual adhesive or the like. In an alternative embodiment 25 as shown in FIG. 5, the peripheral edge 22 may have a first side 26 and a second side 28. The second side 28 may be concavely arcuate with respect to the first side 26. Additionally, the first side 26 may have a slot 30 extending toward the second side 28 for receiving a base 32 of a toilet 34.

A chemical sanitizer 36 is infused into the mat 12 to sanitize the urine. The chemical sanitizer 36 may be a liquid sanitizer of any conventional design that is capable of killing bacteria and viruses. A chemical sanitizer 36 is infused into the mat 12 to eliminate odors associated with the urine. Additionally, the chemical sanitizer 36 may be an industrial sanitizer approved for use in a food preparation environment. The chemical deodorant 38 may be a liquid deodorant of any conventional design that is capable of eliminating odors associated with urine. Additionally, the chemical deodorant 38 may be an industrial deodorant approved for use in a food preparation environment.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements. 

1. A floor protection assembly being configured to absorb urine, said assembly comprising: a mat, said mat being constructed of a fluid absorbent material wherein said mat is configured to absorb urine, said mat being configured to be positioned on a floor thereby facilitating said mat to be aligned with a urinal such that said mat absorbs the urine spilled from users of the urinal, said mat having deodorizing properties wherein said mat is configured to reduce odors from the urine; and an adhesive layer being coupled directly to said mat wherein said adhesive layer is configured to adhesively engage the floor thereby retaining said mat in a selected position on the floor.
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 3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein: said mat has a first surface and a second surface; and said adhesive layer being positioned on said second surface of said mat, said adhesive layer completely covering said second surface.
 4. The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a chemical sanitizer being infused into said mat wherein said chemical sanitizer is configured to sanitize the urine.
 5. The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a chemical deodorant being infused into said mat wherein said chemical deodorant is configured to eliminate odors associated with the urine.
 6. A floor protection assembly being configured to absorb urine, said assembly comprising: a mat being configured to be positioned on a floor thereby facilitating said mat to be aligned with a urinal, said mat being constructed of a fluid absorbent material wherein said mat is configured to absorb urine spilled by users of the urinal, said mat having deodorizing properties wherein said mat is configured to reduce odors from the urine, said mat having a first surface and a second surface; an adhesive layer being coupled directly to said mat wherein said adhesive layer is configured to adhesively engage the floor thereby retaining said mat in a selected position on the floor, said adhesive layer being positioned on said second surface of said mat, said adhesive layer completely covering said second surface; a chemical sanitizer being infused into said mat wherein said chemical sanitizer is configured to sanitize the urine; and a chemical deodorant being infused into said mat wherein said chemical deodorant is configured to eliminate odors associated with the urine. 